din something into someone

din something into someone
din something into someone & din something in
to repeat something over and over to someone. (As if one could “hammer” words into someone.) •

The teacher dinned it into her constantly, but it did no good.

He dinned in the same message over and over.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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